Mirror attachment for tables



sq, 1s, 1925. 1,553,759

` C.' H. ECKMAN MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR TABLES med sept. 17,'1924 Gitoz nu;

, support thejmirrorupon thesurface of thek Patented Sept. l5, 192.5.

UNlTEnsTATEs CHARLES H. ECKMAN, OF HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.Y

MIRROR ATTACHMENT FOR TABLES.

animation ined september 17.1924. semi No. 738,243.

To all u1/1.0m t may conce'/-n.' V

v Be it known thatI, CHAnnEs H. ECKMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntington,` in the county of lVayne and State of West Virginia, have1invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirror Attachments 4for Tables, of which the.

following is a specification,reference being hadfto the accompanying drawings.

. This4 invention relates tov mirror attachments for tables, and more particularly to an` attachment of this character for light tables, such as end tables and the like..

An important object of the` invention is to provide a device` of this character which Vis so constructed that the mirror when not desired may be entirely concealed from vlew and may bel locked iny its concealed position. A further object of the .invention .1s to provide amirror` for this pur ose havlng a hand-holdprojectingabove te surface of.

the table when thermirror is concealed, so that it may be grasped and employed as a handle to shift Vthe table from place to place.

A still further object of theV invention is to provide a mirrorfof the foldingtype having a Wino' or Wings which inthe .elevated or expose positionof the mirror serve to table.

my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a.' front elevationof a table `having a mirror attachment constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof; Figure 3 is a front elevation with the mirror attachment in the closed or inoperative position; l Y

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary plan view of the table with the mirror in the inoperative position, a portionof the table top being broken away toshow the locking means for maintaining the mirror in aninoperative position; j f

Fi re 5 is a front elevation of the mirror attac ed and in the o en position; Y

Figure 6 is a simi ar'view thereof in the closed or folded position. n Y

Referring now'more particularly to the drawin s, the numeral 10 indicates a small table o any suitable character but preferably of the 'type commonly known as an end Theseand .other objects I attain the n table. t As is well known, these tables have relatively narrow tops 11 and areprovided with one small centrally located drawer 12.

In accordance with myinvention, I form 1n the top 11 a rectangular opening 13, the

front face ofthe opening `being in a vertical plane approximately aligning with the rear yedge 14 of the drawer 12 when in the closed position. l

- yAmirror 15 is providedconsisting of a central broad panel 16, to the side edges of which are hinged shortv panels 17 which when Vfolded upon the front face of the broad panelc'over the mirror thereof and meet approximately at the center of the central panel, as more clearly shown in Figurev` 6. The lower surface'of the Vcentral kpanel has at its sides two downwardly projecting legs 18,. the edges of which are in the sameV plane as ythe side edges of the central mirror panel.y The upper edge of thel mirrorpanel is provided with a handle 19 of any preferred ornamental design.

, The width of the Acentral panel is equal to the length of the opening 13, while the combined thicknesses of the central panel and side panels'when folded upon the central panel is equal to the width of such opening. It will ybe obvious that the panels when lfolded may be slid .downwardly through the opening,.so that the ltable is .provided'with a `flat'top above which projects only the handle 19. 'Inorder toy support the mirrors in' thisconcealed position until desired, for example, when transporting the table from placeto place, the rear face of the drawer has projecting rearwardly therefrom ra pair of spaced dowels 2Oy entering sockets 21, oneof which is formed Yin the back of each of the'panels 17. When it isV desired to elevate the mirror, the drawer is partially opened to disengage the dowels andthe mirror is drawn' upwardly by the hand until the lower ends of the panel 17 clear the upper surface of the table, when the panels 17 are swung outwardly to the position shown in Figure 1 so that-the mirrors thereof are exposed as is likewise the mirror of the central panel 16. At this time the legs 18 are projecting into the opening 13,'and these legs are of a thickness Vequal to the width of theopening 13 so that they fit therein and prevent Wobbling or vibration of the mirror 16. In order to prevent scratching ofthe upper surface of the table by contact therewith of the under 

